Ralph Hertle wrote:
> Dave:
>
> Dave Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> What happened?
>>>
>>> Now its . . . . . . 2007. . . .
>>>
>>> Who, out there, has the history?
>>>
>>> Ralph Hertle
>>
>> hey, I have the history. I bought AutoCAD in 1989 and started my own
>> business. I now live in a million dollar house in central CA (middle
>> class) and make a great living using the program. I play golf 4 days a
>> week, have a great and good looking wife, and have more business than
>> I can ever hope to do...thanks to AutoCAD
>>
>> any other questions?
>
>
>
> You seemed to have skipped over what your main product is.
>
> What is the work that you do on AutoCAD and that you sell
> to the clients who need that product?
>
> Don't you have a travel schedule, make travel reservations, buy
> clothes, buy and change clothes, go out to dinner, run your Club
> Cadet in the yard, race a s****ts car, play with the children and the
> pets, or go out on your 30 ft. sloop-rigged fiberglass sail boat?
>
> How do you get all those activities into the 3 days per week that
> you are not riding around the golf course?
>
> Seriously, I'm surprised that your work activities, e.g., symphonies
> written, patents awarded, books written, patients saved, buildings
> built, or airlines founded, for example, are not your primary
> achievements and source of self esteem and pride.
>
> BTW, hey is spelled, Hey.
>
> The history of CAD is still a worthwhile topic.
>
> Ralph Hertle
heh, while I agree that the history of CAD is a worthwhile topic, I get
tired of Acad ba****ng, which is what I perceived your original post to
be. If I misinterpreted, I apologize.
I don't have a travel schedule, I refuse to travel for business. No
reason to travel for meetings or otherwise in this day and age. And of
course I buy and change clothes. My work outfit is the standard central
CA issue: shorts, golf ****rt, no socks or shoes. Since I have no formal
education beyond a high school diploma I have yet to write a book, save
a patient, or personally build a building. What I did do is leave the
home nest at 15yo, got myself through high school, excelling in only
math, drafting, and beer drinking, and worked in a trade for some years
that lacked anyone (that I could find) with any seriousness about the
design aspect. So, I took the op****tunity to do the design work myself
with what I perceive to be an excellent program that has made me a lot
of money in the years that I have used it to produce what my clients
tell me is excellent work. My self esteem and pride are genuine and
earned IMO. I made myself an upper class, large tax paying citizen
through hard work and persistence, with the help of AutoCAD. If that's
wrong somehow, well, I again apologize.
And, I don't have a sailboat, a fancy s****ts car, or any other amenity
that some may feel is im****tant. What I do have is a great wife and a so
so golf game. Golf takes 3 hours to play. I live on a golf course. That
leaves 21 hours of the day to produce work, eat, sleep, etc. Priorities
are what are im****tant.
My trade is the commercial glass business. My products are high end high
rise buildings in the US and abroad. I turn down more work than I can
ever do as a one person business.
History of anything is an im****tant and interesting topic. Dislike of
AutoCAD has been beaten to death and is a sore subject for me. As one
who owes his present lifestyle to the program, I get tired of it. I
don't mean to offend anyone, only to offer another side of the argument.
Dave
DDP
ps: what's a "club cadet" ??
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